The Wallace Collection: (Paintings) at Hereford House

Book Description

New York: Goupil & Co./Manzi, Joyant & Co., 1902. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, tips through, touch of sun at spine, hint of wear at hinges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, burgundy leather spine and tips, five raised bands, marbled paper boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, marbled endpages, tissueguards, teg. fo. 94pp plus np plates. Illus. (color, sepia and b/w plates). Limited numbered edition, this being 20 of 100. From the library of Susan Mary Alsop. Born Susan Mary Jay in Rome in 1918, she was the daughter of Peter Augustus Jay (and Susan Alexander McCook) and granddaughter of Augustus Jay (and Emily Astor Kane), both statesmen, legates and/or ambassadors (in Europe, Asia and South America). The Jays, a Huguenot family, produced John Jay, co-author of the Federalist Papers, Foreign Secretary and the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Many of the volumes from her library were from that of her father and grand father and are so inscribed (as noted). Susan Mary [Jay] Alsop, in addition to being one of the great political hostesses in Washington's circles, was an author in her own right, producing a noted biography of Vita Sackville-West's mother, ÒLady SackvilleÓ (1978); and also ÒYankees at the Court: The First Americans in ParisÓ (1982), and ÒThe Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815Ó (1984). Also shows a presentation stamp to the M.K. Jesup Library in Bar Harbor, signed by "Mrs. M.K. Jesup". M.K. Jesup was a noted fincancier who, in 1915 gave his renowned painting collection to the Metropolitan Museum, New York. A very handsome set with a rich history.

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